[–] RedditDead2005-2015 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The internet is an untamed beast that won't be controlled. Soon, there will be global satellites where a local ISP won't even be necessary. And how will the U.S. government control servers which hold all the data if they aren't even in the U.S.? They may have some control over reaching people IP addresses but even that will be antiquated in a few years.
[–] RedditDead2005-2015 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
The FCC is U.S.-only. ;) That's the whole point. GSM has been around for decades. The same way people can make phone calls from their boats out in the middle of the ocean will be the same way they will connect to the internet. And it doesn't have to revolve around U.S. satellites.
Losing control of monitoring trillions of dollars in transactions made by billions of people because one man ratted then out. I now see why the US government still calls him a traitor and won't even offer him a trial by jury and only his head will do. Maybe they'll ease off a few years after that control has become irrecoverable.
[–] OcculusResurrectio 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Apparently not. I just read said article in American.
[–] ponchoman275 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is a joke right?
[–] OhBlindOne 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Marked as misleading for this part of the article
The title suggests that the U.S. govt would give up all control of the internet. Firstly, the U.S. government doesn't "control" the entirety of the internet. They had control of Icann, but Icann doesn't run the internet. It just runs things like DNS. Yes, DNS is important, but it's not the entire internet. Furthermore, owning Icann doesn't give you control over the internet, just naming services.
That being said, the U.S. government isn't giving up control of Icann. They are just saying that stakeholders can setup how Icann works, but the U.S. govt still has to approve the plan.
[–] njdss4 ago
Not surprising that a Guardian article is misleading. I'm shocked any article from that site got this many upvoats. That place is tabloid trash.